UNISON’s local government and school support workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to hold a second day of strike action on Tuesday 30 September. The announcement follows the strike on 10 July, which saw around a million…
If you want decent public services, if you think fair pay is important and if you oppose plans to weaken local government and school services, then now is the time to take action together. The reality is that we have…
UNISON members across the country have spoken. We have read all the facts and figures about our wages. How the pay freeze was a pay cut. How 1% is a pay cut. More importantly we have lived it. All of…
UNISON’s local government and school support workers have voted yes to strike action in a dispute over pay. The low paid, mainly women, workers have faced a 3 year pay freeze and have now been offered a 1% pay rise.…
The UNISON NJC pay ballot closes at 10am on Monday 23rd June. We all want a YES vote for action for a real fight to even start to claw back some of the 18% loss of earning we have had…
What’s happening, what does it mean — Why are we striking? Why are we balloting for industrial action? The Trade Union Side claim this year to the NJC was designed to call a halt to poverty pay in local government…
UNISON CITY WIDE PAY CONSULTATION MEETINGS 2014 As you will know the National Pay Ballot for Local Government Workers and School Support Staff will commence on 23rd May. In the table below there is a list of pay meetings the…
Following the national announcement on 24 April, UNISON Manchester Branch Secretary, Pat McDonagh, said: “The results of the consultative ballot carried out by the Branch showed that 78% (733) of our members voted to reject the offer and 22% (209)…
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) have announced a further date of national strike action as part of their campaign against government proposals on teacher’s pay. They are planning to take action on Wednesday 26 March. A summary leaflet on…